National Regional Profile: Alpine (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA20110   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
100
103
107
132
86
Total dwelling unitsno.
113
119
128
144
99
Value of total residential building$m
18.1
23.0
23.2
30.3
25.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
10.2
8.6
5.1
7.3
10.4
Value of total building$m
28.3
31.6
28.3
37.6
35.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
200
191
189
157
156
Other vehiclesno.
201
227
229
230
224
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
401
419
418
387
380
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 842
7 024
7 161
7 186
7 340
Campervansno.
40
59
58
57
60
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 265
2 318
2 386
2 486
2 507
Light rigid trucksno.
43
41
43
48
57
Heavy rigid trucksno.
289
284
283
288
305
Articulated trucksno.
121
123
120
131
113
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
27
16
19
17
15
Busesno.
96
98
93
94
103
Motorcyclesno.
586
543
542
561
566
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
10 310
10 507
10 705
10 867
11 066
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
533
551
567
569
584
Campervansno.
3
5
5
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
177
182
189
197
199
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
23
22
22
23
24
Articulated trucksno.
9
10
10
10
9
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
1
2
1
1
Busesno.
7
8
7
7
8
Motorcyclesno.
46
43
43
44
45
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
804
825
848
861
880
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 882
2 526
2 214
1 922
1 625
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 432
5 865
6 289
6 616
7 003
Dieselno.
1 566
1 680
1 791
1 945
2 045
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
430
434
410
384
392
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
70 785.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
31.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
24.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
807.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
825.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 024.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
3 023
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
10 476
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
37 128
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
641
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0